Новости за 01.08.2023

A lot of things have been offered up as the cure to America’s unique loneliness epidemic. Most recently, the New York Times suggested that men take up pickleball. Some architects and social psychologists think that the lack of public space, like shopping malls, contributes to the problem and that we should invest in…

On this hot August day, as record-breaking temperatures have probably confined you to your hopefully air-conditioned homes, allow me to explain the internet to you: As of Tuesday, a popular corner of TikTok known as BookTok is presently up in flames over controversy surrounding leading BookTok influencers’…

No visible wealth hoarding here, folks.

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It’s been two decades since President George W. Bush launched the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, and the program has been credited with saving more than 25 million lives worldwide. But now Republicans are trying to torch the HIV-prevention program over claims that money given to local groups indirectly…

On Tuesday, at 3 a.m. EST, the U.S. women’s soccer team faced off with Portugal for their third match of the World Cup and final match of the group stage. After their 3-0 victory over Vietnam and their 1-1 draw with the Netherlands, all they had to do was Not Lose in order to advance to the next round. They tied…

Three of Lizzo’s former dancers filed a lawsuit Tuesday morning in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the performer; her production company, Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc.; and Shirlene Quigley, Lizzo’s dance team captain. Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez allege that the defendants created a…

UPDATE 8/1/23:  On Tuesday afternoon, Vice President Kamala Harris declined Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) invitation for her to join him in an “open and honest dialogue” about his racist public school curriculum that suggests slavery had benefits for enslaved people. “I’m here in Florida and I will tell you there is…

Caitlyn Jenner, the frequent Fox News contributor and ironic voice against trans rights, is picking a fight with Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis over his oddly homoerotic anti-LGBTQ ad from June that specifically calls her out. That ad includes a clip of a journalist asking Trump if Jenner would be…

On Monday, Angus Cloud’s family announced the tragic news that the 25-year-old Euphoria star had passed away in his native Oakland, California. A cause of death has not been released, but an “active death investigation” is underway, according to reports.

Ohio Republicans really, really don’t want voters to be able to decide whether abortion will remain legal in their state, and they’re now throwing everything at the wall to thwart a ballot measure that would let Ohioans codify abortion protections in the state constitution after the fall of the Roe v. Wade.

Over the weekend, a radio host by the moniker of Don Geronimo (real name: Michael Sorce) was fired after making sexist remarks in reference to Sharla McBride, a WUSA9 Washington, D.C., reporter, while on-air at a Washington Commanders training camp.

Sometimes—or, really, any time Elon Musk does anything—I find myself debating whether the worst consequence of allowing billionaires to exist is the wealth hoarding and inequality or the fact that they can make their little midlife crises everyone else’s problem. Ever since Musk became determined to transform Twitter…